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Our first Canadian office opened in 1921, and we’ve been at the forefront of the IP industry Canada for over 100 years. We have a proven history of helping our clients protect, enforce and maximise the value of their IP in Canada and internationally.

Our firm structure size and systems allow us to be more efficient than many other Canadian law firms. We work as a team, drawing on each other’s expertise to offer the best possible advice and solutions to each matter. While gaining all the benefits of working with a boutique IP firm, working with Marks & Clerk, you have a Canadian team that is part of one of the world’s largest IP teams, with advanced systems implemented to monitor and manage project quality and efficiency. In Canada, we have over 25 lawyers and agents, supported by a team of over 50 clerks and support staff in Toronto and Ottawa. Our team-based and innovative approach allows us to offer our clients greater and more cost-effective practice management strategies, client service and satisfaction while maximizing our firm’s efficiencies as well as responsiveness.

Expertise

Marks & Clerk has the expertise to provide a full range of intellectual property and related services to Canadian clients:

IP agency and legal services in patents, trademarks, industrial designs and copyright
IP litigation
trademark oppositions
section 45 expungement hearings
privacy and data protection
regulatory, marketing and advertising matters

International coverage

With Marks & Clerk, you get local and global expertise. While our Canadian offices provide all the service and relationship benefits of a small firm, we’re powered by large firm resources, through our global network of offices and one of the largest teams of IP experts in the world. We can protect and enforce your brands, innovations and original works in Canada, throughout the Americas and further afield.

Clients

Our clients range from start-ups to established global brands. We manage IP portfolios across the world for famous names in many industries including automotive, finance, fashion, retail, entertainment, consumer goods, hospitality, FMCG, pharmaceutical and more.

Shaping the future of IP

We play an active role in shaping the IP profession, with many of our practitioners holding committee and leadership positions in the IP profession’s key membership organisations, including IPIC, AIPLA, AIPPI, INTA, FICPI, LES, The Copyright Society, ALAI, Ad Standards and others.